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Believe it or not, it's Sir John Monash Stakes day this Saturday at Caulfield.

The Group 3 sprint is a traditional jumping-off point for the early spring hopefuls, even if it seems like winter has just begun.

Godolphin sprinter Viridine looks a big chance to jag some black type in the Monash, coming off his win in the Winter Dash at Rosehill.

Elsewhere, it's Winter Stakes day at Rosehill, the Winx Guineas and Glasshouse Handicap are the highlights at the Sunshine Coast and they're racing at Gawler in SA. Further west, the speedsters match motors in the Beaufine Stakes.

Our form coverage kicks off on Friday with full form guides for Pakenham, Scone and Goulburn, as well as fields, colours and selections for Friday's other TAB meetings.

The metro racing this Saturday is at Caulfield in Melbourne, Rosehill in Sydney, Gawler in SA, the Sunshine Coast in Queensland and Belmont in Perth.

Winning Post carries full-colour liftout guides for all those meetings plus Moe (Vic/SA/Tas edition), Wyong (NSW edition) and Gold Coast (Queensland edition), as well as fields, tips, ratings and/or colours for other TAB Saturday cards.

On Sunday we've got liftout formguides for four more TAB meetings plus fields, ratings, tips and colours for a stack more Sunday and Monday programs.

Don't forget Winning Post now carries trackwork reports for all four Melbourne training tracks, all three in Sydney, Morphettville in Adelaide and a general Brisbane report.

Away from the form, we've got news columns from NSW, six Victorian districts, SA and Tasmania.

Our readers have their say on page 4, while further back in the book Shane Templeton reminisces, Paul Richards presents his unique take on the sport, Tony Kneebone brings you his Snippets column and Number Cruncher delivers the stats that matter.

Winning Post costs $5.50 and is available Thursday afternoon in selected Ballarat newsagents, the crack of dawn Friday elsewhere. Due to COVID-19 transport problems, Winning Post is out Saturday mornings in Tasmania and temporarily unavailable in the NT.